Conservative lawmakers introduce resolution calling for impeachment of Rod Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel probe on Russia
The move by Reps. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) marks a dramatic escalation in the battle over Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein and the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
It also sets up a showdown with House Republican leaders, who have distanced themselves from calls to remove Rosenstein from office. But Meadows and Jordan stopped short of forcing an immediate vote on the measure, sparing Republican lawmakers for now from a potential dilemma.
Meadows and Jordan are leaders of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, a bloc whose members have been among Rosenstein's most persistent critics.
House Republicans have been ramping up their attacks on the deputy attorney general in recent weeks, accusing him of withholding documents and being insufficiently transparent in his handling of the probe led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
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